Penrod v. AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. (In re Penrod)

Order Affirming Bankruptcy Court Fee Award

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a bankruptcy court order denying Appellant, and Debt- *142or, Marlene Penrod’s motion to require a creditor to pay her attorneys’ fees. Ms. Penrod sought an award of attorneys’ fees from one of its creditors, Appellee Ameri-Credit Financial Services (“AmeriCredit”), after AmeriCredit unsuccessfully objected to her Chapter 13 reorganization plan that treated a portion of its claim as unsecured. The bankruptcy judge denied her fees request, finding that Ms. Penrod could not recover attorneys’…